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menced tow-netting by electric light, and repeated, with 

 some modifications, the experiments which had been made 

 dm-ing the last two cruises of the - Hy^na" at the Isle of 

 Man in 1888 and 1889, and which were fully described ni 

 the L.M.B.C. reports for these years. 



Yig. i._Tow-iiet with electric light. 



On the present occasion the large arc lamp was hoisted 

 over the side of tlie ship so as to throw a strong glare on 

 the water, and Edison-Swan incandescent lamps were sent 

 down to the bottom in tow-nets, which were hauled up at 

 intervals. Comparatively few Cumacea, Amphipoda and 

 ^chizopoda were obtained this time, but shrimps and young 



